"Hospitals in general have a lot of different data sets, and it's easy to extract data if you're just looking within that set," says Steve Maxwell, the chief administrator for the department of emergency medicine at the University of…

The following health IT go-lives were reported in the past week.

In 2013, 43 percent of hospitals responding to the 2013 Leapfrog Hospital Survey met Leapfrog's standard for computerized physician order entry, an all-time high.

The majority of physicians — 83 percent — report they are using electronic health records, according to a recent Medscape survey.

Ontario, Canada-based Nightingale Informatix has unveiled its next generation electronic health record platform.

A recent study found the vast majority (82 percent) of young adults age 18 to 34 say having a consultation with their physician on a mobile device would be the best option for them. On Thursday, I found out I…

Free ambulatory electronic health record vendor Practice Fusion has signed 122 deals in 2014 to connect hospitals, health systems, clinical labs and imaging centers to Practice Fusion's cloud-based platform. The new partnerships bring Practice Fusion's total number of enterprise partners…

With the proliferation of electronic health records follows a surge in the quantity of big data. The healthcare industry is still figuring out how to most effectively harness this data and use it to progress.

Physicians offer split opinions on the benefits and shortcomings of implementing electronic health records in their practice. Nearly the same percentage of physicians reported EHRs improve clinical operations as the percentage who said they worsen clinical operations, according to a…

Compared to four other key industries, the healthcare sector appears to be slightly behind in cyber defense maturity, according to a survey published by ForeScout Technologies and conducted by IDG Connect.